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Claire Williams kept promise by allowing Bottas to leave
Claire Williams allowed Valtteri Bottas to leave Williams Martini Racing to join the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team in 2017 after revealing that she promised the Finn that they would not stand in the way of another move to a top team. Bottas had been linked with Scuderia Ferrari back in 2015, but Williams played hard ball in preventing the Finn to leave, but released him from his contract at the end of the 2016 season in order for him to replace the retired Nico Rosberg at Mercedes. Williams, the deputy Team Principal of the Grove-based team, admits she has an interest to see just how Bottas performs in 2017 in his new team, especially as he now partners Lewis Hamilton. 'Valtteri...
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